I thought about bundling this with the Women's Suffrage series that I've been working on, but decided to go ahead with it today.

NASTY WOMANAs you have no doubt heard, during the third presidential debate, Hillary described her plan to raise taxes on the rich in order to fund Social Security. She took a swing at him over him being a tax dodger (which he is):

"My Social Security payroll contribution will go up, as will Donald's — if he can't figure out how to get out of it."

Trump interrupted her and said, "Such a nasty woman."

These are two things uttered by the same man within the same hour:"Such a nasty woman.""No one has more respect for women than me."

Amazing.

Let’s put this pussy-grabbing, racist, predatory, misogynistic, hateful, irresponsible, ignorant, immature grotesquerie out of politics for good, and do what we can to ensure that he and his ilk never cast their miserable shadows over our political process again.

I'll post a circle for this and the tagetes (marigold) single-note (because that seems like it would appropriate here, too, although I'm not up to decanting the whole Halloween update) tonight. I'll also post a group order for the Monster PAC buttons from the Trading Post that will be combinable with the decants, and add-ons will be allowed for all of this because, eh, why not:https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/category/weenies-2016/

Nasty Woman/Tagetes/Monster PAC decant circle/group order posted over here! I'm going to be offline for the rest of the evening (I survived the second week of a coworker's three-week absence! Now I'm going to take a shower, have frozen pizza for dinner, and go to bed as early as possible. Living the middle-aged lady dream over here), but I'll get invoicing going tomorrow.

Since they've closed shop to get ready for Black Friday (wtf why is that a thing coming so soon) I thought I'd give my impression on some of the (new to me) scents I ordered, and hopefully help with someone's shopping list for the upcoming sale. I'll list form + scent because some of CP's products just don't work for me.

First of all I got a whole $hitload of stuff in Black Blood, but that is my absolute favorite CP scent of all time, and I have recommended it many, many times over.

Telekinetic - I received a sample of this in the Voluptuous Body Butter. The scent is light, but I like it quite a bit. It's feminine and floral, but still feels very fall-ish, warm and spicy.

November - I received this as a perfume OIL sample. I DO NOT care for CP's perfume oils, as you will see from the rest of my order. However, I have found that with some aging they actually develop quite well. I found November to be spicy and slightly foody - I can definitely smell the apples and the woods. I like it now, and I think after some time I will love it even more.\

Witchcraft - Alcohol-based perfume. My favorite of all the new scents I ordered, this one I plan on buying more of. The description is very unhelpful, but the perfume really does smell of crackling, burning leaves in the air, a hint of woodsmoke and maybe just the smallest bit of cinnamon and cloves. VERY appropriate for the fall, and I highly recommend this if you like woody, spicy scents.

Netherworld - Alcohol-based Perfume. Holy balls, this perfume is so apropos to its name, it is insane. This smells like dank, dark, moldy earth, wet leaves and something a little bit rotten. It is NOT spicy at all, but this is definitely not for the faint of heart. I think it captures the idea of the netherworld perfectly.

Autumn in Vermont - Alcohol-based perfume. The last of the new scents I tried, and probably my second favorite. It, like the others, is just perfect for its name. Light, warm, sweet, fruity and just a bit spicy, I can totally imagine maple trees turning red and the town getting ready to celebrate the fall holidays (so cheesy).

They were all very, very good, imo. CP was super kind to send me samples of both Telekinetic AND November, even though I only asked for one or the other. I haven't been wowed by their scents in the past, but I think these new fall/winder scents are all really, really good.